bittyhorse23
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Marriage is supposed to be two people commiting to spending the rest of their lives together. If you want to be with more than one person marriage isn't for you.
And as for the benefits of a gay couple you have to be seen as a couple. If my friend and I lived together we could not get benefits for each other just because we are both female and live in the same house. We would have to prove that we were "together" as a couple. And alot of companies don't offer benefits to spouses and families anyway. My company you have to pay for spouse and family and civil union partners. There is no difference.
You are NOT being discrimiated against. If the lesbian couple was allowed to get married they would and it would be the same as you marrying a male. But because it is NOT ALLOWED they have the right to get the same benefits as a couple who IS ALLOWED to get married. The only difference is there are loop holes with same-sex benefits. They can say they are together and life-partners because they don't need to actually go through the whole marriage ceremony. While men/women need to actually marry to get the benefits. If same-sex marriages were allowed in all states then there would be no reason that a "life-partner" should exist. Either get married or live with the perosn for the rest of your life. But then only married couples could claim each other as spouses. It's not discrimination...it's a$$ backwards.
Your friend who will loose her benefit check from her husband if she remarries, that is a good thing. What the government is saying is "for all these years you had so-and-so to help with the bills so here is money to help with your loss." If she gets remarried then of course she is going to loose the Pension!! She doesn't need it anymore! And if she isn't getting remarried just because of that reason she needs to do some serious soul searching. There is a heck of a lot more to life than just money!
No offense but your arguments are ridiculous. They are besed on selfishness and not the true reason of marriage.
That's just my two cents.
And as for the benefits of a gay couple you have to be seen as a couple. If my friend and I lived together we could not get benefits for each other just because we are both female and live in the same house. We would have to prove that we were "together" as a couple. And alot of companies don't offer benefits to spouses and families anyway. My company you have to pay for spouse and family and civil union partners. There is no difference.
You are NOT being discrimiated against. If the lesbian couple was allowed to get married they would and it would be the same as you marrying a male. But because it is NOT ALLOWED they have the right to get the same benefits as a couple who IS ALLOWED to get married. The only difference is there are loop holes with same-sex benefits. They can say they are together and life-partners because they don't need to actually go through the whole marriage ceremony. While men/women need to actually marry to get the benefits. If same-sex marriages were allowed in all states then there would be no reason that a "life-partner" should exist. Either get married or live with the perosn for the rest of your life. But then only married couples could claim each other as spouses. It's not discrimination...it's a$$ backwards.
Your friend who will loose her benefit check from her husband if she remarries, that is a good thing. What the government is saying is "for all these years you had so-and-so to help with the bills so here is money to help with your loss." If she gets remarried then of course she is going to loose the Pension!! She doesn't need it anymore! And if she isn't getting remarried just because of that reason she needs to do some serious soul searching. There is a heck of a lot more to life than just money!
No offense but your arguments are ridiculous. They are besed on selfishness and not the true reason of marriage.
That's just my two cents.